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Haemodorum

Haemodorum is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smith. The genus is native to New Guinea and Australia. The type species is Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl, first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.speciesHaemodorum austroqueenslandicum Domin - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales Haemodorum brevicaule F.Muell. - Queensland, Northern Territory, N Western Australia Haemodorum brevisepalum Benth. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum coccineum R.Br. - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory Haemodorum collevatum T.D.Macfarl. and R.L.Barrett - New South Wales Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl - New South Wales Haemodorum discolor T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum distichophyllum Hook. - Tasmania Haemodorum ensifolium F.Muell. - NW Northern Territory, N Western Australia Haemodorum gracile T.D.Macfarl. - N Western Australia Haemodorum laxum R.Br. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum loratum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum paniculatum Lindl. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum parviflorum Benth. - N Northern Territory, N Western Australia Haemodorum planifolium R.Br. - SE Queensland, New South Wales Haemodorum simplex Lindl. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum simulans F.Muell. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum sparsiflorum F.Muell. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum spicatum R.Br. - SW Western Australia Haemodorum tenuifolium A.Cunn. ex Benth. - SE Queensland, NE New South Wales Haemodorum venosum T.D.Macfarl. - SW Western Australiaformerly included

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Haemodorum
Haemodorum coccineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Haemodorum
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Type species
Haemodorum corymbosum
Collection data for Haemodorum spp. within Australia

Haemodorum is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1798 by James Edward Smith.21 The genus is native to New Guinea and Australia.3 The type species is Haemodorum corymbosum Vahl,1 first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.4

species3
formerly included3

moved to Hagenbachia

  • Haemodorum brasiliense - Hagenbachia brasiliensis - Brazil

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following tree represents those insights.5

subfamily Haemodoroideae
References

References

  1. Tropicos, Haemodorum Sm.
  2. Smith, James Edward. 1798. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213-214 in Latin
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Vahl, M (1805). "Haemodorum". Enumeratio Plantarum. 2: 179.
  5. Hopper, Stephen D.; Smith, Rhian J.; Fay, Michael F.; Manning, John C.; Chase, Mark W. (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51: 19–30. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982.